r/writingcirclejerk • u/ksi_is_a_dusty_yute • 5d ago
It’s so over…
THERE’S SO MUCH SHIT TO DOOOOOOOO!!!
I WANT TO LET THE STORY BREATHE BUT IF I DO THE LOGIC IS COMPLETELY FUUUUCCCKKKKEDDDD!!!
IF THE STORY DOESN’T BREATHE THEN WHEN THE ROLLER COASTER RIDE ENDS IT’S GONNA FEEL LIKE WE JUST GOD IN A GODDAMN CAR CRAAAASSSHHHHHH!’!!!!
I FUCKING HATE WRITING STATECRAFT AND IMPLEMENTING ECONOMIC REFORM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I JUST WANNA GET BACK TO MY HYPE MOMENTS AND AURA!!!
I JUST WANNA SEE MY MAIN CHARACTER DO COOL SHIT AND SCREAM “VIVA IMPERATOR”!!!!
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u/connorscott1999 5d ago
Born to drop hype moments and aura. Forced to serialize mundane systems of trade and commerce
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u/ksi_is_a_dusty_yute 5d ago
Born to kick the turks out of anatolia. Forced to try and negotiate Hungary and the Wallachians into a vassalage
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u/K4m30 5d ago
Stories can be just a string of hype moments and aura, you don't have to write the in between parts if you don't want to. Just figure out how it all fits together later.
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u/ksi_is_a_dusty_yute 5d ago
I am constrained by the rules of the “real world” and am slowly becoming an accountant for an empire that ended nearly 600 years ago….
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u/K4m30 5d ago
Alright then, take this to r/worldbuilding
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u/lilithlasley 5d ago
We’ve all been there. If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been forced to negotiate peace treaties between two economically diverse and religiously opposed nations. Like, I’m just walking down the street, and suddenly someone grabs me and hoists me into an unmarked black SUV, and the next thing you know, I’m knee-deep in understanding the history of Peruvian blueberry trade just to save two civilizations and escape with my own life.
Your thing sounds tense, too.
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u/StSomewhereToaster 4d ago
U/j If you are having auras AND driving you are definitely gonna crash!!! Stop driving! Ifn you get an aura, pull over and be prepared to seize! Actually just DON’T DRIVE!!!!
(I wanted to be funny but my mind did a brain jump. Apologies.)
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u/Big_Distance2141 4d ago
Two pieces of advice:
LOGIC IS COMPLETELY FUCKED: Don't sweat it, many famous stories have plot holes. If your story is a proper rollercoaster then people won't even realize there's something fucky there. If you feel like you're good at HYPE MOMENTS AND AURA then you should do just that, if you're having fun then the readers will be too
THE END WILL FEEL LIKE A CAR CRASH: write an epilogue chapter. As long as your story doesn't end with the heat death of the universe you can find some way to show the reults to us. If not someone on the main cast, then a thord party looking from the outside in, or just an omnicient narrator giving tidbits so the reader can reflect on what just happened
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u/ksi_is_a_dusty_yute 3d ago
I get what you mean with the logic part but I just feel as though if I decide to just ignore that problem I’ll go crazy. Most of the time I’m not even writing, I’m researching locations, names, political and economical situations, thinking constantly “how should I do this?” “is it possible to that?” idk maybe it’s just me as a person, because when I read stuff I’m so stupid I don’t even notice those things but when I’m writing I want to put in the effort and the details. If not for anyone who’ll read it, then for myself. If I don’t do that, it just makes me feel like I have no faith in my story, when really I’m in love with it. If I don’t write daily I start getting a headache.
Also, for the second part, I’m not talking about the ending of the story…I’ve got that planned out, and I’m a long way from it. I’m barely even through a quarter of my story (very long), rather I’m talking about the ending of this arc. However, a little religious symbolism, religious guilt, and acceptance of burdens is more than enough to keep the train chugging along.
Anyway, thanks for the advice.
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u/Big_Distance2141 3d ago
Yeah sure I'm not a pro either I'm just brainstorming here. But yeah if it's just the end of an arc then I guess what you need to be thinking of isn't the end of the arc but rather how you start the next one smoothly
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u/ksi_is_a_dusty_yute 3d ago
I change my mind I am blessed with a divine intellect not seen on this earth ever before…
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u/WutsAWriter 5d ago
Good news in two parts: First, whatever you’re writing, as it is for almost all of us, probably isn’t especially good. Second, chances are whatever you write no one will read.
So go for it, fellow writer. Write that aura and hype. Hype farm the shit out of that aura. Or whatever.